WANTAGE’S Vale Taekwon-Do school produced a stunning performance at the Welsh Championships in Cardiff.

Members returned with 32 medals and finished second out of 50 teams taking part – only five points off first place.

Instructor Carl Davis kicked off the success by winning gold in the adult male fourth degree and 71kg black belt sparring, to claim the top overall adult prize for the second year running.

Ollie Grimes won the junior colour belt competition with impressive gold medals in blue belt patterns and junior colour belt flying kicks.

There was another double junior gold for Sierra Herring (green belt patterns and female green belt lightweight sparring).

Other junior gold medals came from Charlie Rhodes (red belt lightweight sparring), Hollie Charles (red belt patterns), Aisha Macey (female green belt 11-14 year old sparring) and Sami Grimes (male green belt 11-14 year old sparring).

Seniors Jamie Harmon (red belt middleweight sparring) and Steve Stone (board breaking) also won gold, taking Vale’s tally of first places to an impressive 12.

OTHER MEDALS

Silver: Eunice Grimes (veteran yellow/green belt sparring), Harmon (red belt patterns), Chris Charles (black belt first degree patterns), Steve Stone (black belt heavyweight sparring).

Bronze: Ollie Grimes (lightweight sparring), Vic Macey (adult colour belt sparring), Harry Davis (children colour belt patterns and sparring), Tomas Marren (sparring), Kuba Pienkos (child sparring and flying kicks), Brendan England (patterns), Lilly Emptage (child sparring), Charlie Rhodes (junior patterns) and Hollie Charles (junior female red and black belt sparring), Sean McIntyre (junior black belt sparring), Keira Stone (child sparring), Ryan Woodsend (child sparring), George Wells (junior colour belt sparring).